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diff --git a/doc/ChangeLog b/doc/ChangeLog index 3a8688b1..d4a124b2 100644 --- a/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2020-01-01 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * gawktexi.in (History Sorting): Supply a shorter version of the + program. Thanks to Rick van Rein <rick@openfortress.nl>. + 2019-12-22 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> * implementation-notes.txt: New file. diff --git a/doc/gawk.info b/doc/gawk.info index 60a24f81..5c60be61 100644 --- a/doc/gawk.info +++ b/doc/gawk.info @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ This is gawk.info, produced by makeinfo version 6.7 from gawk.texi. -Copyright (C) 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996-2005, 2007, 2009-2019 +Copyright (C) 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996-2005, 2007, 2009-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc. @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ General Introduction This file documents 'awk', a program that you can use to select particular records in a file and perform operations upon them. - Copyright (C) 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996-2005, 2007, 2009-2019 + Copyright (C) 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996-2005, 2007, 2009-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc. @@ -19141,6 +19141,19 @@ information. For example, using the following 'print' statement in the This works because 'data[$0]' is incremented each time a line is seen. + Rick van Rein offers the following one-liner to do the same job of +removing duplicates from unsorted text: + + awk '{ if (! seen[$0]++) print }' + + This can be simplified even further, at the risk of becoming almost +too obscure: + + awk '! seen[$0]++' + +This version uses the expression as a pattern, relying on 'awk''s +default action of printing the line when the pattern is true. + File: gawk.info, Node: Extract Program, Next: Simple Sed, Prev: History Sorting, Up: Miscellaneous Programs @@ -37451,255 +37464,255 @@ Node: Labels Program772554 Ref: Labels Program-Footnote-1775905 Node: Word Sorting775989 Node: History Sorting780061 -Node: Extract Program781896 -Node: Simple Sed789950 -Node: Igawk Program793024 -Ref: Igawk Program-Footnote-1807355 -Ref: Igawk Program-Footnote-2807557 -Ref: Igawk Program-Footnote-3807679 -Node: Anagram Program807794 -Node: Signature Program810856 -Node: Programs Summary812103 -Node: Programs Exercises813317 -Ref: Programs Exercises-Footnote-1817446 -Node: Advanced Features817537 -Node: Nondecimal Data819527 -Node: Array Sorting821118 -Node: Controlling Array Traversal821818 -Ref: Controlling Array Traversal-Footnote-1830186 -Node: Array Sorting Functions830304 -Ref: Array Sorting Functions-Footnote-1835395 -Node: Two-way I/O835591 -Ref: Two-way I/O-Footnote-1843312 -Ref: Two-way I/O-Footnote-2843499 -Node: TCP/IP Networking843581 -Node: Profiling846699 -Node: Advanced Features Summary855714 -Node: Internationalization857558 -Node: I18N and L10N859038 -Node: Explaining gettext859725 -Ref: Explaining gettext-Footnote-1865617 -Ref: Explaining gettext-Footnote-2865802 -Node: Programmer i18n865967 -Ref: Programmer i18n-Footnote-1870916 -Node: Translator i18n870965 -Node: String Extraction871759 -Ref: String Extraction-Footnote-1872891 -Node: Printf Ordering872977 -Ref: Printf Ordering-Footnote-1875763 -Node: 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who's publishing this edition @c These apply across the board. -@set UPDATE-MONTH September, 2019 +@set UPDATE-MONTH January, 2020 @set VERSION 5.1 @set PATCHLEVEL 0 @@ -285,13 +285,13 @@ Fax: +1-617-542-2652 Email: <email>gnu@@gnu.org</email> URL: <ulink url="https://www.gnu.org">https://www.gnu.org/</ulink></literallayout> -<literallayout class="normal">Copyright © 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996–2005, 2007, 2009–2019 +<literallayout class="normal">Copyright © 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996–2005, 2007, 2009–2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc. All Rights Reserved.</literallayout> @end docbook @ifnotdocbook -Copyright @copyright{} 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996--2005, 2007, 2009--2019 @* +Copyright @copyright{} 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996--2005, 2007, 2009--2020 @* Free Software Foundation, Inc. @end ifnotdocbook @sp 2 @@ -26987,6 +26987,26 @@ print data[lines[i]], lines[i] This works because @code{data[$0]} is incremented each time a line is seen. +@c rick@openfortress.nl, Tue, 24 Dec 2019 13:43:06 +0100 +Rick van Rein offers the following one-liner to do the same job of +removing duplicates from unsorted text: + +@example +awk '@{ if (! seen[$0]++) print @}' +@end example + +This can be simplified even further, at the risk of becoming +almost too obscure: + +@example +awk '! seen[$0]++' +@end example + +@noindent +This version uses the expression as a pattern, relying on +@command{awk}'s default action of printing the line when +the pattern is true. + @node Extract Program @subsection Extracting Programs from Texinfo Source Files diff --git a/doc/gawktexi.in b/doc/gawktexi.in index 7e40bc5f..0046bf57 100644 --- a/doc/gawktexi.in +++ b/doc/gawktexi.in @@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ @c applies to and all the info about who's publishing this edition @c These apply across the board. -@set UPDATE-MONTH September, 2019 +@set UPDATE-MONTH January, 2020 @set VERSION 5.1 @set PATCHLEVEL 0 @@ -280,13 +280,13 @@ Fax: +1-617-542-2652 Email: <email>gnu@@gnu.org</email> URL: <ulink url="https://www.gnu.org">https://www.gnu.org/</ulink></literallayout> -<literallayout class="normal">Copyright © 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996–2005, 2007, 2009–2019 +<literallayout class="normal">Copyright © 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996–2005, 2007, 2009–2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc. All Rights Reserved.</literallayout> @end docbook @ifnotdocbook -Copyright @copyright{} 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996--2005, 2007, 2009--2019 @* +Copyright @copyright{} 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996--2005, 2007, 2009--2020 @* Free Software Foundation, Inc. @end ifnotdocbook @sp 2 @@ -25997,6 +25997,26 @@ print data[lines[i]], lines[i] This works because @code{data[$0]} is incremented each time a line is seen. +@c rick@openfortress.nl, Tue, 24 Dec 2019 13:43:06 +0100 +Rick van Rein offers the following one-liner to do the same job of +removing duplicates from unsorted text: + +@example +awk '@{ if (! seen[$0]++) print @}' +@end example + +This can be simplified even further, at the risk of becoming +almost too obscure: + +@example +awk '! seen[$0]++' +@end example + +@noindent +This version uses the expression as a pattern, relying on +@command{awk}'s default action of printing the line when +the pattern is true. + @node Extract Program @subsection Extracting Programs from Texinfo Source Files |